After you’ve joined Latitude and closed the application, you can do either of the following to open it from the Home screen:

Tap > Latitude.

– or –

Tap > Maps, press , and then tap Latitude.

Inviting Friends to Share Their Locations

1.From the Home screen, tap > Latitude.

2.Press MENU, and then tap Add friends.

3.Choose how to add friends:

Select from Contacts: Select any number of friends from your Contacts.

Add via email address: Enter one or more email addresses.

4.Tap Add friends.

5.When asked to confirm, tap Yes.

If your friends already use Latitude, they receive an email request and a notification on Latitude. If they have not yet joined Latitude, they receive an email request that tells them to sign in to Latitude with their Google Account.

Responding to an Invitation

When you get a sharing request from a friend, you can:

Accept and share back: You and your friend can see each other’s locations.

Accept, but hide my location: You can see your friend’s location, but they can’t see yours.

Don’t accept: No location information is shared between you and your friend.

Viewing Your Friends’ Locations

You can view your friends’ locations on a map or in a list.

When you open Maps, your friends’ locations are shown. Each friend is represented by their picture (from Contacts) with an arrow pointing to their approximate location. If a friend has chosen to share city-level

GPS Navigation

3D. GPS Navigation

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